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[West Africa]

Rare first edition. West Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer south to St Thomas. The interior is filled with lions, elephants, monkeys and camels, with a fenced native vill...

Maker: RAMUSIO, G. B.
Date: Venice, 1556
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[West Africa]

Second block. West Africa, from the Tropic of Cancer south to St Thomas. The interior is filled with lions, elephants, monkeys and camels, with a fenced native village. O...

Maker: RAMUSIO, G. B.
Date: Venice, 1563
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Arzilla Maxima Quodam Africe Urbs. . .

A city view of Asilah by Braun & Hogeburg. TRANSLATION OF CAPTION: Asilah, formerly the largest city in Africa, is today confined within the narrowest bounds by the C...

Maker: BRAUN & HOGENBERG.
Date: Antwerp, 1575
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Vera effigies et delineatio Insulae Ascenscio nuncupatae sitae in altitudine 8 graduum ad austrum lineae aequinoctialis.

This is Linschoten's map of Ascension Island in the south Atlantic, beautifully engraved by Baptista a Doetechum.Decorative print showing three coastal views of Ascension...

Maker: VAN LINSCHOTEN, J.H.
Date: Amsterdam, c.1596
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Affbeeldinghe der custen des landts Guinea, Manicongo..

A superbly decorative early engraved by Arnold Van Langren. The ocean is filled with superbly engraved compass spurs, Dutch galleons and elaborate strapwork cartouches. ...

Maker: VAN LINSCHOTEN, J.H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1598
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Congi Regni Christiani in Africa.

A fine early miniature map of the West coast of Africa, this map is from the first edition of the Langenes atlas (later well known under the name of Bertius). Dutch text ...

Maker: LANGENES, B.
Date: Middelburg, 1598
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Affbeeldinghe der custen des landts Guinea, Manicongo. . .

A superbly decorative early chart engraved by Arnold van Langren. The ocean is filled with superbly engraved compass spurs, Dutch galleons and elaborate strapwork cartouc...

Maker: VAN LINSCHOTEN, J.H.
Date: Amsterdam, 1598
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Argumentum II. Lufitani regem Congi falutant, eique legationem fuam exponunt. De quibus Vide lib. 2 cap 2.

The Portuguese appear before the king of the Congo. When the king of the Congo heard about his neighbor, the prince of Sogno, being converted to Christianity, he called t...

Maker: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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Argumentum V. Armatura tam nobiliorum quam gregariorum militum descripta lib. 1. cap. 7. (How the Congolese dress for war and play)

The distinguished inhabitants of the Congo decorate their head-dresses with ostrich, peacock or other feathers and, wound cross-wise across their bare chests they have ch...

Maker: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1598
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Edicti Regii, de quo cap. 3 fecundi libri agitur, executio. (How the king of the Congo had all the devilish idols burnt )

How the king of the Congo had all the devilish idols burnt. After the king of the Congo adopted the Christian religion, he told all his noblemen and servants to hand over...

Maker: DE BRY, Th.
Date: Frankfurt, 1598-1599
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